KATH ELLIOTT. HUMAN COGS.

ABOUT THE EPISODE

In between when you woke up this morning and when you go to sleep tonight, 55 Australian women will be told they have breast cancer. The same will happen tomorrow, the day after that and every day ongoing, making breast cancer the most common cancer affecting Australian women.

In fact, it is estimated that 20,000+ new cases of breast cancer will be diagnosed in Australia in 2020. Only 5-10% of breast cancers are hereditary, which means that over 90% have no genetic link. 

In this episode, Human Cogs hosts Sabina Read and Madeleine Grummet chat to the extraordinarily insightful, soulful and courageous Kath Elliott.

A successful business woman and mother of 3 boys who worked in the fast-paced world of PR, Kath's life was suddenly stripped bare of the superfluous when one ordinary morning in August 2019, aged 46, she discovered a breast lump while getting dressed to race out the door to another busy day at work.

What follows is her raw story of surrender, survival and ultimately, acceptance as she has gone deep to find a way back into herself - physically, spiritually and emotionally. 

But you don’t have to have been personally touched by cancer, or know a loved one who has, to reap the deep insights and life lessons shared in this chat.

These lessons are a teacher for us all about the importance of living in your body and not just in your head; what a sliding door moment of cancer diagnosis can catalyse in your life; and how looking death in the eye can make you feel more fully alive than you ever have. 

Breast Cancer Awareness Month October 1-31, 2020. 
Please support Breast Cancer Network Australia if you can.

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SHOW CREDITS
Hosts: Sabina Read and Madeleine Grummet
Guest: Kath Elliott 
Websites: Breast Cancer Network of Australia (BCNA) kathrynelliott.net
Socials: Instagram @healingbreastcancer

Technical Producer: Daryl Missen at Purple Wax
Listen: Available on Apple, Stitcher, Spotify, Google Podcasts.

If you like these conversations, PLEASE LEAVE US A QUICK REVIEW wherever you get your podcasts so we can share more of these stories! Thank you.